Contradictory Court Rulings on the Status of Deliveroo workers in the Netherlands

Abstract

On January 15th, 2019, two verdicts were issued regarding Deliveroo workers in the Netherlands. One was on the classification of Deliveroo riders as employees, and the second on the application of the collective agreement “Road transport and haulage by road” on meal delivery by Deliveroo riders. Both cases were commenced by Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging (FNV), the largest trade union in the Netherlands. The verdict on the employment status is especially important, because half of a year earlier, the same court ruled in a case commenced by one individual Deliveroo rider that he in fact was an independent contractor and not an employee. Why do courts in comparable situations come to such contradictory rulings?

title = "Contradictory Court Rulings on the Status of Deliveroo workers in the Netherlands",

abstract = "On January 15th, 2019, two verdicts were issued regarding Deliveroo workers in the Netherlands. One was on the classification of Deliveroo riders as employees, and the second on the application of the collective agreement “Road transport and haulage by road” on meal delivery by Deliveroo riders. Both cases were commenced by Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging (FNV), the largest trade union in the Netherlands. The verdict on the employment status is especially important, because half of a year earlier, the same court ruled in a case commenced by one individual Deliveroo rider that he in fact was an independent contractor and not an employee. Why do courts in comparable situations come to such contradictory rulings?",

T1 - Contradictory Court Rulings on the Status of Deliveroo workers in the Netherlands

AU - Zekic, Nuna

PY - 2019/7/1

Y1 - 2019/7/1

N2 - On January 15th, 2019, two verdicts were issued regarding Deliveroo workers in the Netherlands. One was on the classification of Deliveroo riders as employees, and the second on the application of the collective agreement “Road transport and haulage by road” on meal delivery by Deliveroo riders. Both cases were commenced by Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging (FNV), the largest trade union in the Netherlands. The verdict on the employment status is especially important, because half of a year earlier, the same court ruled in a case commenced by one individual Deliveroo rider that he in fact was an independent contractor and not an employee. Why do courts in comparable situations come to such contradictory rulings?

AB - On January 15th, 2019, two verdicts were issued regarding Deliveroo workers in the Netherlands. One was on the classification of Deliveroo riders as employees, and the second on the application of the collective agreement “Road transport and haulage by road” on meal delivery by Deliveroo riders. Both cases were commenced by Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging (FNV), the largest trade union in the Netherlands. The verdict on the employment status is especially important, because half of a year earlier, the same court ruled in a case commenced by one individual Deliveroo rider that he in fact was an independent contractor and not an employee. Why do courts in comparable situations come to such contradictory rulings?